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tstublished in 1828.
ZD. AV3T LTTTZ
JSditor and Proprietor
DANVILLE, PA., MARCH (», liKMi.
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THE INTELLIOEN(JEW,
DANVILLE, PA.
A PITIABLE
CONDITION
JTfllE. PHILADELPHIA IX
quirer, a Republican organ <>f
Pennsylvania, editorially con
fesses its fears and apprehensions in
Wednesday morning's issue in the
following lamentable style :
"Elections held <>u Monday in
Maine show striking Democratic
gains. Several cities which had been
re 'ognized as .Republican strong
holds were captured by the opposi
tion, while those that were retained
were held by reduced majorities.
"This is a symptom worthy of seri
ous attention because it goes to con
firm the opinion which several Re
publican leaders have recently been
expressing, that if things continue
togo as 11lev have been going lately,
if the feeling of party allegiance con
tinues to be weakened by the effect
ive promulgation of the idea that
the voter owes no loyalty to the po
litical organization of which he
professes to be a member, the lie
publicans will suffer a smashing de
feat in the November campaign."
The sly and wily editor of this
clever little article aspires to impress
real forcibly upon the better thinking
ones of'his party, the utter necessity
of a turning back into the old rut and
supporting the machine with all its
graft and rntteness, rather than have
pure, unsophisticated and straightfor
ward men at the heads of our muni
cipal affairs.
It's bad enough to know of the ex
istence of some of the coudemuiablc
actions and results of what the mach
ines have been doing all over the
country, lint when a newspaper en
deavors to lusli into line of corruption
those who are endeavoring to be true
to their citizenship, we must admit
things in a pitiable condition.
NOT YET
APPOINTED.
IJi* 1' until going to press (Thursday
afternoon) no word has been re
ceived in this city of Ihe action
of Governor i'eunypacker in appoint
ing a President Judge, to serve the
unexpired term of the late Judge Lit
tle. There is no question but that
the appointee will be a Republican,
for Gov. I'ennypaeker is a politician,
and would not go out of his party for
a subject, even if he does not stand
any show for future political honors.
Were the Governor to select with
wisdom, the honor would be conferred
upon the lion. .las. Scarlet, for the
honor to Mr. Scarlet would be no
greater than that conferred upon the
bench by his acceptance. Win.
Biddy, K5.,., and Fx-Judge llinckley
would grace the chair and mete out
justice with deliberation.
Who the appointee will be we dare
not venture to guess, but the one de
cided upon will un<|uestionally proud
ly accept the appointment, and serve
to the very best of his ability, for
where is the man who would not glad
ly gratify his own ambitions.
Whoever it may be, let it goto one
deserving of the trust, ami fearless
in the administration of his duties.
- —< )N Thursday a deal was consum
mated at Pittsburg by which the
street railways, of that city and its
natural and artilieial gas supplies were
transferred to new owners. The con
sideration is stated to have been 840,-
000,000, and no more is made of it
than if it had been only 810. It only
shows what a big country we are.
— AUBNTS for calendars for 1007 are
thickly circulating themselves, .'■bow
ing that it requires a hustler even in
this line of business, but merchants
and all others thinking of getting out
this kind of novelty advertising v.oidd
do well by delaying their orders un
til! they see our line of samples,
which is one of the finest in the coun
try, and our prices, too, are astonish
ingly low lor the beautiful, artistic
designs of all descriptions. Don't be
in too big a hurry; we are here with
our samples all year. Remember, it's
the Intelligencer ollice that gives the
best for the least money.
— CHICAGO is fast gaining the re
putation of being the worst city oil the
continent, so far as police protection
is concerned. Crimes of everv de
scription, from petty thieving to mur
der, are occurring many times every
day under the very noses of the police
officials and under the shadow of the
station houses. The bluecoats are
either indifferent to capturing the
scoundrels or are unable to do so, un
til the better class of citizens talk of
rising up in their wrath and taking
things into their own hands. The
churches have even taken up the cry
and demand a betfer oriher of things.
— MARCH is here, but that is no
indication that the winter is over.
Since the first of the spring months
has come in, Kansas, Nebraska, Col
orado and some of the adjacent States
have been undergoing full mid-winter
experiences. Blizzards, severe snow
storms, accompanied with high winds,
have swept down upon them, and
they are in the grip of a season of
most inclement weather. What has
been occurring there may occur here
also. 1 herefore, while neither snows
nor severe storms have visited us since
the incoming of March, we need not
be surprised if we should still have to
meet them before spring comes along
for good.
— WHAT a wonderful showing the
Pennsylvania Railroad makes on the
business and receipts of the system
during the year! The earnings on
the lines east of Pittsburg alone were
$133,921,992, and the operating ex
penses of the same 893,890,410. To
that should be added interest from iu
vestments ami rentals for equipments,
and deducting rental* paid - leased
lines and interest on bonds, the net in
come of the company reached a total
of 830,102,511). To the foregoing
gross earnings must be added the
earnings of the lines west of Pitts
burg, amounting in the aggregate to
$40,596,48!) more, making the total
amount of earnings 8174,518,431. It
is a wonderful showing, unequalled,
perhaps, in,the world's history of
railroading.
— WHILE there are larger cities in
the United States than Philadelphia,
we question whether ther New York
or Chicago houses its citizens as well.
These two latter named cities, no
doubt, build more costly buildings,
but when it conies down to the build
ing of dwellings for the use of the
working and other classes, Philadel
phia leads all the rest. During the
month of February, just past, permits
were issued for 1,271 building opera
tions, among which were 84<S two and
three-story dwellings. If that rate
should be carried through the entire
year it would mean at least 10,000
homes for families, to say nothing of
the thousands of other structures,
such as additions, manufactories,
stores, apartment houses and others.
Philadelphia will no doubt give a
good account of herself when the next
census comes along.
— Tiik argument court set for
Thursday, March K, was called off by
Judge Staples and the same will not
be held until a new Judge is appoint
ed. The court was to be held for the
purpose of determining whether a
receiver should be appointed for the
Danville & Sunburv Street Railway
Co., or the sale which was published,
should go under the hammer. The
death of Judge Little has left our
court in a sort of muddle, which will
delay matters that are of interest to
the general public until after the Gov
ernor has made his appointment. An
early understanding iu this particular
matter is longed for by our citizens,
and the good news of an amicable
settlement will Iu; rfcfceived kindly on
all sides. Hon. Jas. Scarlet and Ex-
Judge Grant Herring arc the attor
neys for the company and Win. Kase
West and a Philadelphia legal light
represents the plaintiff.
—IT was a well pleased audience
that hearkened unto Rev. Houston,
the blind evangelist, in the Y. M. C.
A. hall last Sunday afternoon. The
serniou, on "Trusts," was addressed
to men only, and a good house greet
ed him. It there was one man in the
audience who left the room without a
single pang of remorse to his consci
ence, he must have had a heart of
stone. There was not an argument
o nitted as to the trust God has con
ferred upon man, and there was not
one present that could not feel that
one or more of the trusts in his care
was not betrayed to some extent.
Hev. Houston is a forceful and mag
nelic speaker, and his good work at
Ivist End Mission i< a blessing to our
little city. The Mission was entirely
too small to hold the large crowds that
sought entrance from evening to even
ing, and many were turned away that
might otherwise have learned suffici
ent truth to lead them to redemption
and salvation.
Lackawanna Ruilroud in Newark.
A. S. Learoyd, Division Freight
Agent of the Lackawanna Railroad,
will transfer his headquarters on
March 10th from Kaston to Newark,
where Lis office will adjoin that of the
Division Passenger Agent of the road
at 74!) Broad Street. The growth of
Newark as an industrial and manu
facturing center and its importance
from a traffic standpoint has made it
desirable in the judgment of the
road's officials to transfer Mr. Learoyd
to that point. The move is another
indication of the present policy of the
Lackawanna to recognize not only the
present requirements of the traffic
centering in and around Newark but
also the possibility of a large and con
tinuous growth of such business.
With the ext'iisive and costly im
provements which have been made by
the present management in erecting
new passenger and freight stations,
eliminating grade crossings and ele
vating the roadbed through the con
gested portions of the city as well as
the substantial increase in freight
yards and track facilities, the road is
prepared to take a more active part in
connection with the manufacturing
interests of the city,ami in giving Mr.
L arovd headquarters in Newark it
will be iu a better position to co-oper
ate with the requirements of the city"
from a traffic stand point. The office
in Kaston will be retained and Hcrvey
Love, who has been identified with
that Division of the road for several
years as Travelling Freight Agent,
will have charge of the Easton office
under the title of Commercial Freight
Agent.
Antiques Sold Well.
Reading, March 7. —A public sale
of the personal property of Isaac Far
low was held at Mohn's Hill. Many
articles sold were more than 100
years old. A twentyfour hour grand
father's clock brought 824; old bu
reau, #3.75; plates as high as 70c a
piece; cups and saucers from 7o cents
to 81.25: handmade linen bed sheets,
B.'!, and old chests from 81 to 810
each. More than 400 persons attend
ed the sale.
Ill* 10(1 ncntlon Wimn't Completes
No more courteous judge ever pre
aided at a trial than the vouerable for
mer justice of tlie New York court of
common picas, Charles P. Daly. The
story is still told among our New York
lawyers how on one occasion a young
attorney, while trying a case, indulged
in considerable vituperation of his op
ponent's witnesses, linally going so far
us to answer the court very sharply
when requested to modify his lan
guage.
Knowing that Judge Daly was some
what of a stickler for the dignity of
the judiciary, lawyers and court at
gazed at the offending attor
ney in amazement.
There was a long interval of silence
Finally the Jnuge leaned over the beucl*
and said, with an ironical smile:
"My young friend, before you are as
old as I am you will have learned thai
•i is about as well to read Chesterlield
as Blackstone."—huccess.
AWFUL "BLACK HAND" I
ONLY A SMALL BOY
Conducted Bloodcurdling
Operations in Order to
Support Sick Grand
mother.
1
Pittsburg, Pa., March 5. |
"Allegheny's "Black Hand" scare
and alleged gang of blackmailers has
dwindled into one boy, 15 years old, I
who has been carrying ou operations j
in the hope of getting enough money
to support* his aged and siek grand- j
mother.
Mrs. M. W. Baird, an Allegheny |
storekeeper, received notice several
days ago that she would be killed and
her store robbed unless she gave up
81500. Watch was placed on the
store, and last night Max King was
arrested in thej>lace, to which he had
secured a key. He confessed to writ
ing letters and told why.
He was sent to the county Jail, and
the sick grandmother, who had raised
him from a baby, was turned over to
the Department of Charities.
WANTED - 10 men in each state to
travel, post signs, advertise ami leave
samples of our goods. Salary $75 00
per month. ♦U.UO per day for ex
penses. ItOYALSUPt'LYCO.; Dept.
W. Alius Block, Chicago.
TO BAT BALL OVER 3 STATES
Freak Diamond In East Liverpool, 0.,
Will Make Game Unique.
East Liverpool, ()., MarclT 4.
Probably in no other part of the Unit
ed States except here is there a base
ball diamond from which it is possible
to bat a ball into any one of three
States. Such a condition actually
exists at the grounds which have just
been leased for the Klondike Club, of
this city.
The diamond is laid out on* a lot
which is known as the"State Line
Corner." If a batsman makes a hit
over third base the ball will be sent
into West Virginia. Should a foul
tip result the catcher would have to
chase the ball into Pennsylvania. II
a straight drive or a bunt is made,
the ball will bowl into the State of
.Ohio.
Taking advantage of this freak of
nature, the Klondike Club is going to
widely advertise the fact that its club
will play ball in three States simul
taneously.
THE GIANT INDIANS.
Peculiar Way# of tlic Onna of Tlerra
del I'uegu.
The Onas, a tribe of Indians inhabit
ing the mainland of the Tierra del Fu
ego island, are physical giants. Their
average height is over six feet. A few
are six and one-half feet; a few fall be
j low six feet. The women are more cor
pulent and »ot so tall. There Is no
race in the world with a more perfect
physical development than the Ona In
dians. This is partly due to the topog
raphy of the country and the distribu
tion of the game, which makes long
marches across the country a necessity.
In mentality they fall far below their
physical attainments. In the past their
supply of game has been plentiful, and
this may account for the lack of In
ventive genius among them. This lack
of progressive skill is portrayed in their
home life, clothing and homes. Their
children sufTer from it, for, contrary to
the practice common among most lu
| dians of feeding, dressing and training
j the children well, the Onas' little ones
are mostly naked, poorly fed and alto
gether neglected. They have abundant
material for supplying themselves with
clothing and homes, and yet they throw
a few branches together, put skins over
the windward side and then shiver un
der the miserable shelter.
| Scientists who have made a study of
the subject say that the language of
the Onas is tlie strangest ever listened
to. Many of the words are not diflicult
to pronounce, nor is the construction
of the sentences difficult, but very few
j fiords are Interrupted by a sonnd
I which it Is impossible to produce. The
I speaker hacks, conghs and grunts, di«-
j torting his face In the most inhuman
i manner, and then passes onto the next
, stumbling block. The Onas live prlnci
| pally upon meat, which In former years
j was obtained from the guanaco.—New
I York Herald.
ST. SWITHIN AND RAIN.
The I.cKcnil of (lie Chapel Over the
IJinliop'M Grave.
The superstitions referring to par
ticular (lays are very numerous. The
legend of St. Swithin Is an example
that will occur to every one:
St. Swlthln's day, If thou dost rain,
For forty days It will remain;
St. Swlthln's day, if thou bo fair,
For forty days 'twill rain nae mair.
St. Swithin, bishop of Winchester, ac
rording to the author of"The Popular
Antiquities," was "a man equally not
ed for uprightness and humility. So
far did he carry the latter virtue that
on his deathbed he requested to be
buried not within the church, but out
side the churchyard on the north of the
sacred building, where his corpse might
receive the cavesdroppings from the
roof and his grave be trodden by the
feet of passersby. His lowly request
was complied with, and in this neglect
ed spot his remains reposed till about
100 years afterward, when a fit of
pious indignation seized the clergy at
the fact that the body of so holy a
member of their order was allowed to
occupy such a position, and on an ap
pointed day they all assembled to con
vey It with great pomp to the adjoin
ing cathedral of Winchester. When
they were about to commence the cere
raony a heavy rain burst forth and con
tinued without intermission for the
forty succeeding days. The monks in
terpreted this tempest as a warning
from heaven of the blasphemous nature
of their attempt to contravene the di
rection of St. Swithin, and instead of
disturbing his remains they erected a
chapel over his grave." "St. Swithin is
christening the apples" is the more po
etical way of describing St Swlthln's
rain.
A Trivial matter.
The first slice of goose had been cut,
and the minister of the Zion church
looked at it with as keen anticipation
as was displayed In the faces around
him.
"Dat's as fine a goose a3 I ever saw,"
Brudder Williams," lie said to his host.
"Where did you get such a fine oueV"
"Well, now, Mistah Rawlefr," said
tho carver of the goose, with a sudden
access of dignity, "when you preach a
special good sermon I never axes you
where you got it. Seems to me dat's a
txlv'ai matter, eayway."
! PENNSY TOO POOR TO
GRANT TWO-CENT FARE
Corporation, With 30,000,-
000 Income, Declares
Maryland Lines bon't
Pay.
BAI/IIMORK, March li.
Passenger Traffic Manager James
li. Wood, of the Pennsylvania Kuil
| road, told the General Assembly of
j .Maryland today that the I'ennsy,
; whose net income for the last year
j was more than $30,000,000 was too
j poor to established a two-cent-a-mile
fare in Baltimore.
He said the average gross earning
In the Philadelphia, Baltimore ami
Washington and Nothern Central
Railways—Pennsy lines—shows a re
venue of only 2 1-15 cents per mile.
JOxcursion tickets are sold at 2A cents
per mile, and commutation tickets at
sums ranging from 0.61 to 1 eeut per
mile. «.
Mr. Wood declared that the uet
earnings, per passenger, in twenty
years, has decreased nearly one-half,
and that the roads in Maryland are
run at a loss.
"You say your lines here are run*
at a loss, yet you are still buying
more," said John Bice, representing
the Travelers' Association.
Mr. Wood made no reply to this.
EN GL A NITDE PQ RT ED AME RIC AN
Brooklyn Man Did Not Have $lO Neces
sary Under New Law.
New York, March 4.--—The first
American to be deported from Eug- ,
land umfbr the new immigration act,
which went into effect January 1, ar
rived in this port yesterday on the
steamer Cousnelo.
lie is David J. Allen, of Brooklyn.
The reason he was shipped back was
timt he lacked the necessary §lO
which the new law provides that every
a'ien must have, on the grounds that
without it lie is liable to become a
public charge.
Warrant Out for Burgess.
Scran ton, March 7.—A warrant
I: is been issued for Burgess Munley,
o Dickson City, charging him with
a suit and battery with intent to kill.
'I fie prosecutor is George VVelland a
Councilman. At the organization of
( 'iincils a reflecting remark by Wel
ls.ml angered the Burgess, who threw
a cuspidor at Wellaud's head.
ALCOHOL IN BREAD.
Enoußli to Give One Aliout Four
of Whlftky a Year.
"You consume four pints of whisky
a year," saiJ the amateur chemist.
"Now, don't he angry or shocked. I
know that you're a strict teetotaler,
but just the same I know that you've
absorbed that much alcohol, llow?
Well, simply by eating brood.
"It has long been known that the fer
mentation of bread caused the forma
tion of alcohol, but it wan supposed
that it passed from the dough during
the process of baking. Several scien
tists have proved that bread, when
ready for eating, contains an average
of.Boo per cent of alcohol to the loaf.
You must remember that in mauy
countries strong liquors are brewed
from bread. Kvass, the mild Russian
beer, is brewed from Drown bread.
"Now, if you eat 400 loaves of bread
every year you must perforce have as
similated twenty ounces of alcohol,
which equals four pints of rye whisky.
"In ten years," concluded the ama
teur chemi :t Impressively, "you have
eaten 4,0(!0 loaves of bread, and in
that number of loaves is abjut 200
ounces of alcohol, or the equivalent to
nineteen quarts of whisky. Think of
the saturnalia you ha vex been on for
the last ten years, and you never knew
enough to complain of a big head In
the morning."—New York Press.
HI PH. I*ei»y»' Temper.
"Being at supper my wife did say
something that caused me to oppose
her in. She used tiie word devil, which
vexed inc. and, among other things, I
said I would not have her to use that
word, upon which she took me up most
BC unfully. which, before Ashwell and
tli. rest of the world, I know not now
adays how to check, as I would here
tofore, for less than that would have
made me strike her. So that I fear
wi.hout great discretion I shall go near
to lose, too, my command over her, and
nothing do it more than giving tier this
occasion of dancing and other pleas
ures, whereby her mind Is taken up
from her business and finds other
sv -..-els besides pleasing of me, and so
m:: ics her that she begins not at all
to take pleasure in me or study to
pi. ase me as heretofore." Diary of
Sa uuel Popys.
THE MARINE ENGINEER.
Rtfirtllup: Kxnrnili* Showing tlie Dnn-
Kf'Pß of IIIN ('nlVlngr.
Of all causes of bailor doterloration
soys 11. P. Watson in the Engineering
Magazine, by far tljo most nuineroiiH
are th.ue arising from the presence of
scale mid its twin sister, incrustation,
but broken braces can give an engi
neer a very bad quarter of an hour. A
st< amor plying 011 the great lake*
ninny yenrs ago carried very high
steam for time days—fifty pounds per
square inch on a very large and liglii
shell. The engineer on watch was down
in the (ire room looking around when o
loud hang en me from one of the boil
ers. Instantly divining the cause, he
looked que-.tioningly at the head watch
tender, who replied, "Be jabers, I hope
that ain't next door neighbor to tlfe
one that lot go 011 the other watch."
That startled Ihe engineer, for he had
not been told of the other broken brace
lie at ouee stopped the blowers, open
ed the doors, shut the stop valve be
tween boilers and put on the feci]
pumps as rapidly as they could go s
as to reduce pressure. The deck de
partment was notified that it v.ould b«
necessary to stop, and they hauled t
one side of the chaunel and waited fo»
the coming up of another boat In t! •
same line passed a few miles bntU
The passengers (there were 1,000 01
board) and mails were transferred, anil
the boat returned with the Injured
boiler out of business.
Upon examination the next day it
was found that three braces had given
way at or uear one auothcr, two let
ting go simultaneously apparently, and
that the precautions taken ugaiust a
disaster (which would have been terri
ble if it had occurred) were none too
soon. This was merely an episode with
in the everyday duty of an engiueer
and carries its own warning.
Jj July IS, I*. ♦ Take, t.r.l Kl.k, Only 5
it) Insurance In force now &bcut $500,000.00
| Hontour riutusl |
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$ Home Office: 221 Mill Street, - , - DANVILLE, PENN'A J
EG OFFICERS MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE J;
JG JAMES SHULTZ, PRESIDENT COMMITTEE JP
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TRAINMEN TO VOTE
ON STRIKE QUESTION
Committee Fails to Make
Terms With D. L. & W.
Conductors and Other Employes
of the Road Will be Asked to
Ballot on Important
Matter.
Scranton, March o.—After four
weeks of conference the joint Griev
ance Committee of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western conductors
and trainmen concluded today that
they cannot reach an agreement with
General Superintendent T. K. Clarke.
They will tomorrow ask for his ulti
matum, preliminary to reporting to
the local lodges that they cannot se
cure ail adjustment and asking foi
a vote as to whether or not to order a
strike.
This announcement was made to
night by l>y the committee,after a ses
sion at its headquarters in the St.
Charles Hotel. The news will he re
ceived with surprise in Lackawanna
circles, as each party to the conference
by solemn agreement had given no
inkling of what was taking place ex
cept to say that "satisfactory progress
was being made."
The grievances are mostly about
wages. The men are demanding a
revision of the "constructive mileage"
schedule; more pay for through freight
because of alleged additional labor en
tailed by reason of the laying oft of
the third brakeman in each crew and
iuoreased pay for the roust about and
other twelve, hour crews.
The action of the joint committees
has been approved by the grand offic
ers of both organizations.
CASTOniA.
Bonn the /) Ito Kind You lime Always Bought
DO YOU GET i/P
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everybody who read 3 the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
■) i j cures made by Dr.
—| • Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
if I the £ reat ki<3ne y» liver
Ll It anc * bladder remedy.
" i (r\ V / t■' Itist^e great medi
- ?§ cal triumph of the nine
\VLl jjirt teenth century; dis-
L — i j| covered after years of
l' r 1 TfV— '■'ii research by
' IT"" I / ~^n Dr. Kiimer, the emi
il. , 43<r. " nent kidney and blad
aer specialist, and is
wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommended for everything but if you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
just the remedy you need. It has been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and f■yfF o '-
send your address to
Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing
regular fifty cent" and Home of flwami>-Root.
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
Don't make nny mistake, hut remember Die
name Hwamp-Rnnl, Dr. Kilmer's Nwmiip
Hoot, and the address, Hiiiirhamton, N, Y. on
every bottle
THE CHOICE OF MATES.
Artificial Matrimonial Selection Una
Given Poor Remnlts.
No one knows what type will be the
best for survival In an unknown future
environment. Wo often see the ex
tinction of families of parents whom
any physician would" have pronounced
Ideal, but their children lacked resist
ance to the Invasion of pathogenic or
ganisms or there was some other de
fect which made tbein easy targets for
climatic causes of physical decay.
On the other hand, wo quite often
find that parents below par physically
have fine families. The curious unions
which take place must be the result of
laws such aa wo find In every biologic
phenomenon. Man has the same In
stinct found In lower animals to select
a mate who Is more or less different
from himself.
Should like types mate, their com
mon characteristics may bo so exag
gerated as to be harmful and the line
perish. It Is an Instinct of those of
great Intelligence to marry those of
less than the average, for the offspring
revert to the better average. It is very
evident that if we try to Improve the
race Intellectually by the marriage of
like types we will violate the natural
law upon which our existence Is based.
Artificial matrimonial selection has
been tried, though the results were dis
astrous.—American Medicine.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Some uicn work just enough to keep
dirty.
Every oue wants always to bo able
to work, but not always to bave to.
If you don't llkft certain persons, how
you hate to hear their money rattle!
Here Is oue sign that you are talking
toa much—when your listener tries to
pull away from you.
After a man passes fifty ltjs Impos
sible for him to get up any enthusiasm
Hbout anything but his troubles.
Ever notice how the big flies avoid
By paper? It Is the same with ttu real
ly big men. They are seldom caught
You cau follow directions In making
a cake or cutting out a shirt, but there
are 110 directions that can be followed
successfully In managing a man. Some
how he Is not Uke u cake or a shirt—
Atchison Globe.
aAsks Them to
—S —fr—
ANTONY TOWN SHIP, Fel>. 7, 'OO.
MISTUR EDITUK:—-This B thu'das thettbu ambishes kandy
dates air lain awake how to becom poplar wif thu people an
thear friens, an wil liz not a poltishen tlior iz only one way thet
seams to present itself fabrly, an thet iz announcement to the Teli
gencer man, saying I want thu offus an his support tu thu lection.
Corse thet iz thu only way, ennyhow, but thu suner it iz don, thu
suner thu ]>eeple wil begin tu agitat yur nam. Long ore this we
Inked fir legislator men tu du sonitin thet wn, fir thu peeple hev al
bin sain thet Loy Weller, Skot Amen an Alaxandrew Bilinthumir
wer 3 mens hue wild be giin dandas. Now, fir Sentor, thears Mistur
Cocrant. hue hez bin a gude man an hez i'rens galor, wil wery pos
sibly hev oposition fir thu nomnashun in a gude man—no other than
liilie Criesey. Bof ar dazies, but only one flour iz alowed to blume
in thu Demcratick garden. They doz not hov thear natnzes histed
on thu Dimycratick baner itv Motur's Deinockracy—thu Teligencer.
Even fir sherif—thu oll'us thet requirs a bold man, a man afeured of
nuthin-—we fale tu see one nouncement. Kum out, gentlemen,s;
, show your colours, an tel us yu want it, an sum nv vu wil git it.
Jermiah an Bil ar giul boys, now, an bof hev promist to
suport thu bes; cep Jery sez, Skotv firs, becoz ho wtia kept frum
jale, wen he stol thet terkey, by Skoty's asistence.
Nex weak wo wud lik to seal thu nams tiv thos hu ar aspir
ans fir offus kum ot in thu Teligencer.
Respected, JOHN LAUTERIIOX.
BF "•==m
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GIBSON PICTURE FAD
SEIZESJOLLECTORS
Takes Place of Post Card Craze
With the Young
Women.
The Gibson picture habit has been ef
fectually fastened on n big proportion of
the reading population of this section by
the publication by the Sunday North
American of ten of the latest of this
great American artist's pictures as art
supplements. It has started the Gibson
collection fad, and this promises to last
until the last of the pictures are out.
There was a time when the Gibson girl
was the Idol of the young woman. Now
the Gibson art supplement gives every
body an opportunity to collect the artist's
works, and there will be few homes that
will not have a good representation with'
in the next few weeks.
For the time being the collection of
Gibson drawings has taken the place of
the collection of post-cards In Phlladel
phia, and the fad is certain to spread to
all of the towns where the pictures are
made so easily obtainable.
The picture which The North American
Is to issue next Sunday is "A Castle In
the Air." It is one of the most forceful
of Gibson's works, and teaches a broad
moral lesson to young people and old
alike.
.tX
WHIPS OF FLAME.
Plclnreaqne nml Pauling Fire Prince
or (lie Indiana.
Mysterious are ninny of the ways of
the l-eil man. Dr. Matthews of Wash
ington gave an interesting account of
a lire dance which he was fortunate
enough to witness in the f«r west. The
spectators were seated about a large
open space, la the center of which burn
ed n ruddy Are.
Suddenly sounded a loud blowing of
buffalo horns, mingled with n strange
cry like the call of a sand hill crane.
Nearer and nearer It came, and then
there bounded into the circle ten men,
naked to the waist nud bearing long
bundles of shredded cedar bark.
Itound and round the Are danced the
little procession, chanting and waving
the flexible fagots. After sonio time
the leader abruptly stopped and lighted
his fagot of bark. The others followed
his example.
Now began a wild race. At first the
Indians kept close, spitting upon each
other's back n substance supposed to
have medicinal virtue. Soon they ran
without concert, the long, brilliant
streamers of flame flaring behind them.
As they sped over the ground round
the circle they applied the fiery brands
to liie bodies of themselves and com
rades. Not a man turned as the vig
orous, burning blows descended on his
naked back. Sometimes they would
fceize the hrnwl 111 their hands and rub
It over their flesh as if it were a
sponge and tliey were giving them
selves a balli of flames. On they
(lanced and whipped and rubbed until
nil seemed a dazzling ring of lire to tho
onlookers.
And were there sore and blistered
backs the next day under the careless
ly woni Ijlankcts? Apparently not, for
Dr. Matthews saw and talked with the
flctors directly after the dance, and
they seemed to experience no discom
fort.
His explanation of tho secret does not
include the mysterious compound which
the Indians spat upon each oilier. That,
lie thinks, was probably of no value.
But cetlar bark Ignites at a low tem
perature, and the white earth with
which the men were thickly coated was
an excellent nonconductor.—Youth's
Companion.
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avoid mistakes. We also buy
i raw furs aud ginseng. "
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10c Outing Flannels @ 8c yd.
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worthiness and somewhat familiar
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AUCTIONEER
Real Estate or Personal Prop,
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Public Outcry.
''Best 'Jiesul/s Cjuaranteca
Address,
Michael Breckbill,
Rural Route 4. Danville, Pa
IMTItATOK'S NOTICE
SEstate or Kflle J. Arnwlne, late or West
Hemlock township, deceased.
Letters of administration upon the estate
ol Kflle J. Arnwlne late of \Vest Hemlock
township, Montour County, state of IVnn-
UtlVrtf \'f , U, . V . 1,K /. RM>n Kfinti-d l.y the. He--
istet of Montour ( ounty to the undersigned,
all persons indebted t«» said estate are i«-
quested to make payment, and ih-.se having
claims to present the same without delay .1
<» -o. 1). Arnwlne, lluckluup, I'a . (has. S.
Arnwinc, Danville, Pa., K F.I) No ;; 01 i<»
their attorney. ' '
CAAKLKH V. AMMKKMAN,
. Danville, l'a.
_ Administrators j< * s
FOU HALF.—A SMALL FARM OF FOR.
. V ol? ueres, known as the Mauger farm
located .j inilis nortli-east of l'ottsuiove
J* air buildings, good fiuit, water at house and
barn. All cieuicd aud under state ot
cultivation. J his tarni is ottdvd at private
sale and is a desjable projerty. Will leaxe
hay, stiiiw and Skuideroll the place l'osscs
sion given this fail. Address,
L - KVKIUTT,
1* D. '• i'ottsgrove, l'n.
I
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fainting,smothering or choking
spells, palpitation, fluttering,
pains around the heart, in side
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lying on left side?
If you have any of these
symptoms your heart is weak
or diseased, and cannot get
better without assistance.
Dr. Miles' Heart Cure
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"About January Ist, 1902, I took
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by my family physician that my case
was hopeless. My neighbors and fam
ily had given me up to die. My
limbs and body were swollen to one
third larger than normal size, and
water had collected around my heart.
*or at least three months I had to sit
propped up in bed to keep from smoth
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Miles' Heart Cure, and by the time I
had taken them all I was entirely
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twenty years, and I am able to do
any kind of work on my farm. My
attending physician told me that If it
hadn t been for Dr. Miles' Heart Cure
I would now be in my grave."
L. T. CURD, wilmore, Ky.
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your druggist, who will guarantee that
the first bottle will benefit. If It fails
lie will refund your money.
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# Many newspapers have lately given currency
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that
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